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You ever read something and I think, "Dang it! I wish I had posted that!"? Gary Vaynerchuk did just that early this week on his Facebook Page. I am reposting it here so others can can see it and to say that I totally agree with everything he said. After reading this, ask yourself which can of person are you...a headache giver or do you collect headaches from other people? How do you handle those situations?

"I’m convinced there are two kinds of people in the world: people that need somebody else to dump their headaches on, and people that collect the headaches of others." Read more...

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!”

That was me, the morning of That Church Conference. We had been planning it since February of 2016. Today was the day. September 23rd. 107 people flew in from all over the country. California. Illinois. New York. Colorado. OH! And Nigeria!!! Not even IN this country! The conference room we booked was packed. (Actually, had the 10 people that bought a ticket and didn’t show up, shown up…they would’ve been on the floor.) The planning was paying off!! Read more...

The Most Unscientific Analysis Ever

One of the professional hazards of consulting and speaking about using social media and digital platforms to deepen relationships is that I have to have my eyes on a LOT of different accounts. If I was pressed into telling you which platform I spend the most time in currently, it would be Snapchat. Why? Because for the most part, what I see on a friends Snapchat, I don’t see show up on any of their other platforms that they could post on. Read more...

In the church world, using Social Media is like trying to catch a greased pig at a Bar mitzvah. (Don’t ask…) Most churches do not have the personnel to keep up with all the different platforms and all the changes they seem to make on a weekly basis. (but seriously, thanks for taking away Warner Music in the Discover page Snapchat, nobody watched that anyway) Read more...

That’s what the church should be using Social Media for…to point people to Jesus. Period. The great news is, Jesus modeled the best way to do this all throughout his ministry. (See The Rich Young Ruler, The Woman at the Well, Shadey Nic)Read more...

The fact that one man can be so eclectic and so good at so many things. We are excited to introduce Dave Adamson to our readers. Among other things, he's the man behind the Instagram account: BibleInPhotos.

We Weren't Tweeting

Keep that in mind. From October 9th, 2014 to February 16th, 2015 not a tweet did we make from our RelationalEq Twitter account. Relational Equity as a company had gone in a different direction (if you consider stopping a direction).